BRC Annual Report
BRC Annual Report 2018/19
BRC Newsletter
Neurotransmitter - Fall 2018
International Partnerships
Dalhousie BRC - Ben Gurion University of the Negev
TBI Research Partnership
News
New developments involving the Brain Repair Centre and its affiliated researchers:
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Notice of Upcoming Funding Opportunity: 2019 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research
Brain Canada Foundation is pleased to announce the first in a series of new funding opportunities to arise from the additional $40 million in matched funding committed by the Government of Canada in...
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Journal Club Leader publishes new paper
Congratulations to Jack P. Solomon on his 'first author' publication, titled: Probing the temporal dynamics of movement inhibition in motor imagery. Jack leads the BRC Interdisciplinary Journal...
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BRC Researcher Turgay Akay wins CIHR award
Congratulations to BRC member, Dr Turgay Akay on receiving a CIHR Project Grant for his project "Sensory control of muscle synergies during walking", announced in January 2019. The CIHR Project...
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BIANS / ABI Strategic Action Plan Update
In late August 2018, the NS Department of Health & Wellness and Government of Canada with MP Scott Brison and Minister Randy Delorey announced funding for ~$5M to support an ABI Strategic Action Plan...
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BRC-BGU Student Partnership
BioSketches Click on name for link to full bio PI Keywords Affiliation ALON FRIEDMAN ...Epilepsy Neurodegeneration Dalhousie UniveristyMedical NeuroscienceDennis Chair in Epilepsy ResearchBGU Zlotowski Center...
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James M. Flaherty Program Awards
The James M. Flaherty Program, funded by the Governments of Canada and Ireland, has announced the 2018 call for applications to its awards programs. The James M. Flaherty Visiting Professorship supports...
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Researcher-Clinician Partnership Program (RCP2)
The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) has officially launched the third round of funding for our Researcher-Clinician Partnership Program (RCP2). The Researcher-Clinician Partnership...
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BRC Newsletter - "NEUROTRANSMITTER"
In March 2018, the BRC launched its newsletter, titled Neurotransmitter. Click links below for archived copies Issue 1, March 2018 Issue 2, October 2018...
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Neuroscience s Art Competition
**Closing date extended to Friday March 2nd**
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BRC member receives CIHR project grant
Dr Angelo Iulianella, BRC Researcher, member of the Neurodevelopment cluster and AMAP member, was one of a number of researchers from Dalhousie University who received CIHR funding for their...
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$150,000 to stroke research project
January 17, 2018 Dalhousie research team working on developing goggles and computer software to support stroke survivors received a $150,000 contribution from Halifax businesswoman Diane Campbell, a Heart...
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Call for Canada-Israel R&D Projects
Canada-Israel Industrial R&D Program Call for Proposal Updated September 11, 2017 The Canada-Israel Industrial R&D Foundation (CIIRDF) has launched a new Call for Proposals (CFP) for bilateral R&D...
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Brain Canada Platform Support Grants (PSG)
Government of Canada and Brain Canada Foundation announce 18 new brain research projects Funded under the Canada Brain Research Fund Through Budget 2011 and 2016, the Government of Canada committed up to...
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MS Society Research Operating Grant
Drs. George Robertson (Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry) and Turgay Akay (Department of Medical Neuroscience) were among the recipients of a Research Operating Grant from the MS Society in...
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BRC supports promising projects in early diagnosis, neuroprotection and repair
In its most recent round of awards, the Brain Repair Centre provided grants to promising R&D efforts in early diagnosis, neuroprotection and repair.
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BRC members receive $3 million in CIHR project grants
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) awarded more than $3 million in project grants to three BRC members in its most recent competition.
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Funding and collaboration to build the science economy focus of BRC Research and Poster Day 2015
Partnerships among researchers, businesses, government and the community are essential to improving brain health and building the neuroscience economy, attendees at BRC's 2015 Research and Poster...
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BRC launches public forum series
In Decemer 2015, the Brain Repair Centre launched a new public forum series, opening the doors to the public to learn about neuroscience advances directly from the researchers.
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BRC scientists share insights with public at March forum
Brain Repair Centre members shared their insights into common concerns about stress, sleep and neurodegeneration at a public forum in March 2016, in conjunction with Brain Awareness Week.
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Shedding light on hereditary eye diseases: Halifax hosts international conference
Halifax joined the ranks of such cities as Geneva, Paris, San Francisco and Jerusalem this past summer, as host of the prestigious biennial meeting of the International Society for Genetic Eye...
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Halifax researchers detect Alzheimer’s earlier with breakthrough technique
After nearly 20 years of study, a group of Halifax researchers has made a world-leading breakthrough in early Alzheimer’s detection. Dr. Ian Pottie, of Mount Saint Vincent University, Dr. Sultan...
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Media Gallery
To increase transparency and public access, the Brain Repair Centre provides the media with a variety of informational and educational videos and other resources. Here are three videos outlining...
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2015 Brain Repair Centre Grant Recipients
In 2015, the Brain Repair Centre awarded $130,000 in grants to members for their work in discovery research, knowledge translation and research dissemination. BRC Discovery Grant 2015 marked the first...
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A QEII Times feature on the Brain Repair Centre
An article published in The Chronicle Herald's QEII Times, focusing on the work of the Brain Repair Centre, appeared in their February 21st edition. Click Here to read the...
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BRC defines areas of research focus
In the weeks leading up to the 2014 BRC Research & Poster Day, BRC members discussed current and emerging strengths in its neuroscience community, with the goal of identifying key areas of strategic...
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BRC Research Day draws enthusiastic crowd
Brain researchers came together with university, hospital and government officials and members of the community in December 2014, to talk about new developments and research directions at the Brain...
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2014 Molly Appeal to raise funds for Maritime Brain Tissue Bank
All funds donated to the 2014 Molly Appeal will be used to expand the Maritime Brain Tissue Bank so that it can store more data and more brain and spinal cord tissues...
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Halifax hosts 9th international motoneuron meeting
Neuroscience researchers from around the world converged on Halifax in June 2014 for the 9th International Motoneuron Meeting. The Brain Repair Centre sponsored this premier scientific event, which...
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BRC awards grants to five teams
Brain Repair Centre awards foster neuro-innovation and N.S. economic development The Brain Repair Centre (BRC) has awarded $90,000 in knowledge translation grants to three research teams to advance new...
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MS Society highlights healthy living
The HRM Chapter of the MS Society of Canada wrapped up MS Awareness Month 2014 with an education session on May 28 that attracted a crowd of more than 60 people with or affected by MS. The Brain...
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BRC Research Day Opens Door to New Partnerships
Victor Rafuse, BRC; Marli MacNeil, BioNova; Tom Marrie, Dalhousie Medical School Bill Tait and Paul Martin, MS Society Bill Roach, Rowe School of Business; Steven Beyea, BIOTIC; Neil Ritchie,...
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BRC networking event draws diverse crowd
More than 50 members of the local life sciences, business and research/economic development communities came together at a Brain Repair Centre-hosted even in October 2013—to get to know each other...
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Brain Repair Centre awards grants to advance promising new technologies
The Brain Repair Centre has awarded knowledge translation (KT) grants to three Dalhousie neuroscience researchers who are pioneering new technologies with major commercial potential. These are the...
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Scotiabank pledges $20,000 to Brain Repair Centre
Scotiabank is supporting brain repair research and innovation in Atlantic Canada. The bank has made a $20,000 gift to the Brain Repair Centre, which will be used to establish the Scotiabank-Brain...
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Conference a spine-tingling success
Leading spinal cord researchers from across Canada converged on Halifax for the Canadian Spinal Cord Conference from April 21 to 23, 2013. The Brain Repair Centre was a lead sponsor of this...
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BRC-affiliated researchers get a grip hand on hand function
Dalhousie neuroscientist and neurosurgeon Dr. Rob Brownstone and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Tuan Bui have identified the spinal cord circuit that controls the hand’s ability to grasp.